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New vehicle sales in Vietnam continued to fall sharply in October, by 17.5% to 20,156 from 24,441 units in the same month of last year, according to member data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association (VAMA).

BMW's South Korean subsidiary has received a hefty fine for 'sloppy certification' documents covering engine emissions for 28 models according to Korean media.

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A historic Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione is about to roll across the block and could reach up to £13million

BMW has lost an appeal in Switzerland against a fine imposed after it banned Swiss customers from buying its cars elsewhere in Europe where they are 20 to 25 percent cheaper.

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The big question this week was what would PSA do with its newly acquired Opel/Vauxhall unit? Came 9 November, came the answer: a business plan that avoids plant closures and aims to put the company on a path to profitability by 2020.

Schaeffler is building a new EUR180m (US$210m) assembly and packaging centre in Halle, Germany, creating 900 jobs.

A  survey of AA (a UK motorists' club that specialises in breakdown cover) members suggests that a large number of them are planning to switch from diesel and petrol engines when they purchase their next car.

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Two variants have been produced by Brabus, with the models producing 691bhp and 888bhp respectively

Continental has reported third-quarter sales up 7% to EUR10.7bn (US$12.5bn), while the nine-month equivalent rose 9% to EUR32.7bn.

Workers at a Chinese-owned auto glass plant in southwestern Ohio voted heavily against union representation in a major blow for the UAW's strategy to unionize foreign-owned auto factories.

The upside of tax reform has made many automakers reluctant to put lobbying muscle fully behind a fight to preserve an incentive for a market that only represents 1 percent of sales. But an alliance of environmentalists and utilities is stepping up.

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive reported a 38% increase in second quarter pre tax profit to GBP385m (US$506m) in the three months to 30 September 2017.

Goodyear has completed the previously-announced acquisition of automated tyre inspection company, Ventech Systems from Grenzebach Maschinenbau to support its fleet services in Europe and other global regions.

Volkswagen group premium brand Audi AG sold boosted global sales 5.3% year on year in October to 158,750 cars.

Ford and Nissan had big jumps in new-car sales in a Russian market where overall volume increased 17 percent.

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Efforts to tackle vehicle emissions could next turn to reducing small particles from tyre and brake wear

Volvo has secured a EUR245m (US$286m) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for its research and development programme.